《Travel journal》
Explanation
1.Which kind of transport do you prefer to use;bus or train ?
你愿意使用哪種交通方式,乘公交車還是坐火車?
prefer:vt(preferred;preferred)
表示“寧愿...而不...;喜歡...而不喜歡...”
1) prefer...to...
I prefer tea to coffee 。我喜歡茶而不喜歡咖啡。
I prefer walking to riding . 我喜歡步行而不喜歡騎車。
2) prefer to do sth rather than do sth
= prefer to do sth instead of doing sth
He preferred to die rather than give in .
他寧死不屈。
rather than do sth 可放在句首,表強(qiáng)調(diào)。
Rather than go by bus.I prefer to walk there.
我喜歡步行而不愿意乘公交車。
2.Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
考慮一下每種方式的優(yōu)點(diǎn)和缺點(diǎn)。
相關(guān)短語(yǔ):
take advantage of 利用;對(duì)...加以利用
(=make use of)
have an/the advantage of 有...的優(yōu)勢(shì)
have an/the advantage over 比...有優(yōu)勢(shì)
Language points
1.Ever since middle school,my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
從高中開(kāi)始,我和姐姐王薇就一直夢(mèng)想著要作一次了不起的自行車旅行。
1)ever since 從那時(shí)起;此后一直;(常與完成時(shí)連用)
I have taught English in the school ever since I graduated.
2)since 作“自從...”解可作prep,conj
主句常用完成時(shí),從句用過(guò)去時(shí)或過(guò)去完成時(shí)
He hasn't eaten since breakfast.
他早飯后什么也沒(méi)吃。
She has lived in the city since she left college.
她自從大學(xué)畢業(yè)就一直住在這個(gè)城市。
3) It is/has been...since...自從(動(dòng)作結(jié)束)
...到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了。
It is/has been 9 years since I left college.
我大學(xué)畢業(yè)已經(jīng)9年了。
It is 2 years since he smoked.
他戒煙(不抽煙)已經(jīng)兩年了。
It has been some time since he lived here.
他已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間不在這兒住了。
3.Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling
王薇很快就讓他們對(duì)騎自行車產(chǎn)生了興趣。
1) get vt
(1)get sb/sth done 讓某人/某事被...;遭遇某事
I won't get my friend beaten.
我不會(huì)讓我的朋友挨打的。
It was best to get things done quickly.
He got his leg broken while playing basketball.
他打籃球時(shí)腿骨折了。
4.After graduating from college,we finally got the chance to take a bike
trip.(=After we graduated from college...)
大學(xué)畢業(yè)后,我們終于有了機(jī)會(huì)去旅行。
graduate n 畢業(yè)生;大學(xué)畢業(yè)生 vi 畢業(yè)
graduate from 畢業(yè)于...,從...畢業(yè)
graduation n 畢業(yè);畢業(yè)典禮
Tom graduated from college at a very young age.
湯姆大學(xué)畢業(yè)時(shí)很年輕。
5.It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
是我姐姐首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點(diǎn)騎車旅行的。
本句整體是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句,強(qiáng)調(diào)的成分是句子的主語(yǔ)my sister.
6.I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.
我喜歡我姐姐,但是她有一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的特點(diǎn)。
be fond of;喜愛(ài);喜歡。
fond adj 喜愛(ài)的,慈愛(ài)的,寵愛(ài)的(僅做表語(yǔ))
be fond of +n./pron./doing
同義詞:like,love.enjoy,feel like
He is fond of watching NBA.
他喜歡看NBA比賽。
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袁老師
女,中教高級(jí)職稱
長(zhǎng)期擔(dān)任高三畢業(yè)班英語(yǔ)教師,能因材施教,在最短的時(shí)間內(nèi)總結(jié)一套適合學(xué)生的教學(xué)方法。